Joyful Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Blog

Just as the needs of dental care change as children grow, so do the potential dental problems which may arise. Understanding common dental problems during childhood is a great way to help your child pursue the best possible oral health. Will your child have any of these five common dental problems? We handle these and […]

Maybe you know that irritating grinding sound if your little one happens to be a teeth grinder. Teeth grinding is normal in adolescents, or what we call, bruxism. Three of 10 babies, usually in response to stress, jaw growth, malocclusion, loss of teeth, or other discomforts, such as allergies, grind or clench their teeth. Children […]

Due to the extension of the Stay at Home Order and recommendations of the American Dental Association our office will continue providing emergency dental services ONLY throughout the month of May. For all dental emergencies please call our office at 708-633-8700 between 9-3pm. For after hour emergencies please call (708)-580-6057. It is our hope that we will resume […]

Although it is a natural part of dental development, your baby’s teething is not a picnic. This cycle in which each of their twenty primary teeth slowly erupts through the gums usually starts about their sixth to ninth month, and may not stop until around three years old. These frequent eruptions of teeth will cause your baby […]

THERE ARE PROBABLY good things to be said about most of the practices out there, but we’re confident that we’re one of the special ones because, in the center of our practice, you will find examples of a short but potent word, JOY. The Meaning Of Joy! We believe JOY is a choice purposefully made. A […]